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He punished the most ngforious of the insurgents, and placing-again at the I . read of the Magistracy the principal Burghers, who had been thrown into pri son, marched-hack to Vittoria; General Fr,Eat advanced tiaNyards - 'Segovia, where some cominotions had also taken• place,: On the. 7th June, having approached within a quarter of a mile, he sent a flag of truce to tbiliWagistrAy., that they might exert theniselves to bqui§apic ftie insurgents to their duty ; .but the insurgents, !a6sut 5000 In pumber, having 30 pieces of cannon, which they had taken (ram the park at Segovia, prevented the flag' of truce from approaebine, by a discharge of artillery. This induced the General to make an irn ,mediate attack and the. place-was taken by storm, afilr an action in which .a great number of insurgents were slain, numbers were made prisoners, and all their ariillery taken. The city being cleared of the insurgents, and again its own mistress, submitted. " General LASALLES adv:aced from Burgos upon 'forqueinada, where there were 0000, jfivirgept4,. whom he attacked on the 7th with 500 foot ch4sW66. They were driven out with the loss origiit' killed, atid th? village of Torquenaada was burtsti' •-• " General LASALLES adOnced on the gth - to Pa lencia. •On his approach' he was met by a deputa - Lion, with the Bishop at their head, to inform him of the subrOssion of the place, which immediately returnid toits duty. The gth and toth were occu pied by General LASALLES in disarming the City and Province of Palencia. On the 12th, the General proceeded to Duen nas, where lie formed a jun6lion with Gen. MERLE, and thence continued his march to Valladolid. The banners of insurreclien bad been unfolded in that city ; and General CUESTA, the Captain-General, placed .liirnself at the bead' of the disaffeded, and took post at Cabecon, with 7000 insurgents and six pieces of cannon. " •Haiiincr reconvoitred the position of the in 7 surgents, eerteral LASALLES ordered General SABA TRIER to attack them with the field artillery; while General MERLE W3S'to rake measures to cut off their retreat to Valladolid. After an action of half an hour, the insurgents were totally deleateit, :4ind put to the rout on all sides, leaving behincldtlikittitireir cannon; 4000 tu , skets, and about S•thousantlilliled.,. " The Bishop of Valladolid, with the principal Clergy, came out to meet General LAMLLES, illl.- ploring forgiveness for the town and its inhabirams. The French division entered Valladolid - .in the midst .• of a multitude who deserved a severe chastisement, but who, with admiration, witnessed the me/rey and generosity of the French. The.'city and province were disarmed ; and ten persons frA n the i pmn ils of Valencia, 'Segovia, and Valladolid, utreL4epu e 4 to wait upon his CathOlic Majesty aCtayoutw,t in order to solicit his clemency, and to o er,%he ho, mane and fidelity of their fellow-citizen ': The Bishop of St. Ander°, having excited his Rock to insurrection, and abandoned himself to ex cesses of every kind, General MERLE dire&ed his march towards the mountains of St. Andero, whither General 'Ducos also proceeded. On the,2tst, at three 0%16A iu the morning, he attacked the in surgents in front of Lantuetito, drove them from all their positions, and took from them two pounders, Which they had barely tune to fire twhee upon us, without wounding any one, though npon their side the.lnss was considerable. " Gen. linpos, on the 20th, arrived at Soncillo, where he attaCketi file insurgents, -.and drove them back a mile. On the 2 1st lie did the same, on the road to Ventade L'Escudo, which was defended by 3000 men, with four pieces of cannon. On the 22d he was within four miles - of St. Andero, On the 23d, Generals" MERLE and 'Ducos entered St. AndtirO, the one from the side of Torre de la ; Vegs, the other by the rold of EscUdo. The moment they entered the place, 'the peasantry dispersed on all sides to their homes, and the inhabitants returned to the eitF. i " Ihe city of St. Andero having lifted , sub ,took a solemn oath of allegiance to his CitlilifiC M4y r ity in the same manner as had been donelfSema; - Palencia ; and Valladolid: • f' Thus did the troops under Marshal Ilgssmus, in the space of a few days, take 30 pieces of cannon and 50,000 'muskets, and disarm Palencia, Valla dolid, &c. which secured the peace of Navarre, Gui poscoa; Alava, and Biscay. During :he early operations of Marshal Bus qiars, disturbances had also broken out in the Southern extremities of Navarre and Arragon. _ " General LEFEBVRL advanced from p i iogl i tip at ( the head of 3000 men, principally ctohngoof light troops of , the • first regiment of .elrhtula. He advanced towards Tudela, where a body of hum 3. to, 4000 men had arrived from Saragossa, lie at tacked and routed them on the gth of June, taking from them six pieces_of cannon. He punished the Chiefs of the insurgents; he caused the bridge over the Ebro, that had been burned down, to be re-es tablished, and marched at the head of the Polish light troops to Mallen, where the insurgents, rein- . , forced from Saragossa, bad again taken post. He came up with them on the 13th, and immediately began the, attack. A single charge on • the part of the Poles was sufficient to throw them into confu sion, and put them to. flight, leaving five pieces of cannon on the field. " Similar success was obtained on the 14th at Aragon, where the insurgents, from 3000 to 4000, strong, were put to Right, with the loss of their cannon. They made •an equally inetfeeluai resist ance on the 16th, in the oliye plantaOns,in,the suburbs of Saragossa. " The aaions of Epila, and Monte the 23d and 27th, had a similar result. " In these differentexpeditions the inSurgeptOad from 2000 to 300,0 men killed; and a great niynber. wounded. 'A considerable number of them were made prisoners, and theY•losr all their cannon, eon, sisting of about 30 pieceS:',the loss on our side in tiled was only from 20 tO, 30, and from 60 to So wounded. " Gen. VERDIER joined Gen. LEPEBVRE before Saragossa, and they invested tbe town. On the 2d , of some howitzers began to play, and destroyed the Monastery of St. Joseph, which covered. art of the walls of the city. Between the 2(1,11 - 0,4telitOth. of July, all the necessary arrangethen% iygrersoade for hemming in the insurgents more c)ose4, and colle&ing materials for throwing a floating bridge over the Ebro. On the 11th, Ille,pmsacie of the ri,iet was forced, and Wile'. troolist posted the* selves on the left bank, in Ort!er to defend 'the V. , orkrnen in the formation of • the bridge, yibich ~: was completed by noon on the 12th. In the mean time, several corps assembled in the plains, in order to obstruct our communication ; but they were beatet) at Almunia, Catallajud, and Taresty, on the road to Tudela, with a loss, in the different attions, of a great number of men, and a considerable quan tity of military stores. The troops that occupied the left bank of the river before Saragossa also sus tained various attacks from the detachments sent out from the city; but the insurgents were in every encounter driven back with the bayonet, with the loss in all these' affairs, and particularly at Jouslival, of a number of men, and several eightlpontiders.—' The blockade of the place, into which several corps of insurgents had' thrown themselves, after,havipg in - vain endeavoured to' keep the field, was now completely established. " Gen. DuxitsgE commanded in Catalonia, hav ing his head-quarters at Barcelona. In several parts of his command, assemblies of the insurgents had taken place. The first -symptotns of insurreetion broke out in the towns of Manresa and Tarragon;}. In consequence . of the applications made' to them, they promised to lay down their arms; but not having fulfilled this promise, Gen. SWARTZ occupied Manresa, and Gen. CHABRAN, Tarragona. Oetier4 SWARTZ bask orders to proceed by the way of Lerid,i, and to visit Montserrat, where it was reported there were some disturbances. On the 6th of June' be fell in with the insurgents at'Bruck, defeated and killed a number of them. He Obtained similar advantages at Espaguera, Martoreil, and at Moliuos del Rey. "Other parties of insurgent peasantry had fortifiel theniselves with cannon, in a position on the river Lobrega. 'They bad taken possession of some- artil- 7 lery which they 'found oq the coast. General Du HESME attacked them, They were every where de feated, and pm-sited from eight to eleven o'clock, and' all their artillery was taken. This eY,pedition terminated with very little loss on our side, but with great on the : ,part of the insurgents. New. bodies of insurgents having come down from the mountains, cut off the communication between Mont Gatte and Mont Cana, and occupied the little Cm ' tle'of Mont Gatte, where they entrenched them selves. They were suddenly attacked on the 17th. The Castle of Mont Gatte was takerkby storm, the insurgents lost a number of their men, their colours, and 2,0 pieces of cannon. General Liccnt, pur suing the fugitives . , arrived at the city of Mattaro, which was put in a state ,of defence and blrriCadoed: He attackedsand carried the city with the, same ra pidity, and took ten pieces of cannon. " General Pontism direaed- his column, 'to the passes of St... Paulus. 'Clit the 10th he attacked then), took them, by surprise, ,and captured . ten pieces of artillery-, ,•• .", After, these various engagements; the objeo of which was to maintain the conmiunications, Gene ral PUHESZIE returned to Barcelona. His loss scarcely amounted to 100 men in killed and wound ed; than of the insurgents was very considerable. " Puring these operations a new line of insult= gents had formed itself behind the Lohrega, which was considerably swelred by the melting of the snow a few days before, in the inoutit• - ains, and the rain that had fallen. At Molinos' del Rey they had a battery of three pieces of artillery ; which command ed the stone bridge; which was broken in different places. All the lords down to the very mouth of .the river were defended.. The right wing of the: insurgents extended down to the beach, and two pieces of flying artillery mancetivred in the rear of the line. In the mor ning of the 30th.of June the troops marched 'to attack the insurgents. Gen. GOULE4S2 and Brig.-Gen. , BkssizaEs proceeded to 'the .mouth. of the river, and forced a passage to the,right ba-a. They thus took in reverse all the positions of }he in surgents, who offered no resistance, and sustained i s very heavy lass. In the mean time General LEG cat's division attacked and carried the bridge of Mo linos del Rey, and took three pieces of cannon by which it was defended. The remains of the body of in surgents, defeated at all points, fell back to Martb " veille, which was their general ,rendezvous. Ge neral LECCIII pursued, routed them, and made hint self master of that position. their loss cannot be estimated. There were found on the field of battle 40,000' muskets ; and the insurgents lost all the ar tillery which they had carried off with 'them. " On the side of Figueras, several bodies of the peasants had milted to cut off the communication with that city. General RIEBLE, repaired thither on the .sth of. July from Bellegarde : he defeated and • routed the insurgents, supplied the place with pro-.. visions, and reinforced the garrison. " During these events which took place in Biscay, Navarre, Atragon, and Catalonia, Marshal MON - cgv broke up with his army, in consequence Of an insurretiion in the kingdom of yalencia. On the s tst of June, he came up with the insurgents, in the fine positions which surround the village of Pesquera, and who defended with four- pieces of artillery the bridge over the river of Cabrielle, and the entrance of the passes. The bridge's and the passes.were car ried, the. insurgents lost their sirtillery, and 500 SWiss and Spanish Guards came over to our ranks. The insurgents. having formed a juu&ion -with their 1 3644- cipal army, retreated to Las"Cahreras and Siete An pas, in front of which they entrenched themselves in a position which they conceived to be impregna ,ble. Marshal MoNcEY came in sight 'of them on the 24th, and found them, in fa6, - t, in possession of a veryexcellent position, and extremely difficakof access.- Having attacked them with the greatest' . fury, they were driven from one hill to another;.7 lost all their positions, and fled in disorder, leav ing behind all their artillery; consisting of 12 pies; their ammunition, and almost all their baggage.-- The army Continued its march, towards Valencia, where a Junta of insurgents had-been formed. They came up, with 'the tuSurgents about a mile and a half frotri that city. They% had entrenched then-i -selyes behind the canal, and having . broken down - the, bridge by the village of. Quarte, defended the passage, with artillery; Our artillery immediately' took its _station ; the. troops, marched in columns upon various points, and in less than one hour their line was broken, the bridge:re-established, the vir lage of Quarte carried, five'eieces Of cannon taken, and the _whole of the insurgents routed. At day-hreiik on the fallowing day (Ibe - 20 h) Marshal MONCEY advanced towards Valencia.- Tho environs of that city are inteksecled by a great num ber of canals, and covered with ruins and -houses. The subuihs extend close to the Kates. Marshal MONCEY gave orders for the attack: , French intre- . pidity overcame, every obstacle. The suburbs. were, carried, and the streets strewed with dead bodies. Twenty pieces of artillery weretaken ; but the walls being surrounded with ditches filled with water, were secure against a surptise. The Marshal pitch ed his camp under them, waiting the arrival of sorne • . • pieces of heavy artillery. .. . _ " Some day . s after, he was informed , that dcliFi : - : sion of insurgents, from five to six thousand Inv / were resolved to keep the field. He marched im mediately, and proceeded to the right bank of the Xucar : the heights were instantly attacked and car ried; the insurgents were defeated; they lost rse veral pieces of cannon, and were pursued fighting all:the way to the heights of Almanza. " On `the 3d instant they were surprised in'. the defiles : a ° areat number of them were killed. Our troops took possession of Almanza, where Mars(tal, l i MONCEY received orders to take a position a ' .. i ii , Clement's, He had collected a heavy .artiller) np,„ cessary for the attack of Valencia, and he was pon the point of advancing to that place; when the events in Andalusia ordered it otherwise. ; ..., "In these different affairs, in which Marshal MON EY had six different engagements, he )(died a great many of thy enemy, and took .50 pieces of cannon and three standards. His loss consisted of 20Q killed and iioo wounded. "During these various operations the peOple of Cuenca were guilty of the *greatest extravagances against a French Officer and several, soldiers. Brig., Gem C4ULt N COURT received orders to march for the purpose of chastising them. He withdrew from l'a rencon on the Ist of July, and arrived at Cuenel on the 3d, at row o'clock in the afternoon. The insur getcts seemed determined to prevent the approadt of the French troops ; the latter consisted of between 3, and 4000 men, and two pieces of cannon. . Gen. Catmli4doußT attacked them immediately ; they los) their artillery, and were put to the rout ; so that they thought no more of defending the place, and fled in alldire6lions towards the hills, leaving their arms, and between 7 and 80 killed and wounded be .them. The town, which was deserted on the approach of the French, was given up to plunder. -6 ‘ General 'DUPONT, who left gadrid about the . 1 end of May, had repaired to Andalusia. He passed ' the Sierra Morena in the beginning ofJune, anc.Plai• on his march to Guadalquivir. When hearrived ai l Andtijar, he learned that a rebellious Junta was es- : ' tablished at Seville, and that the cities of Cordova and Granada, and a part of Jaen, were in a state of insurreaion, while a numerous body was forted in the environs of . Cordova. He instantly put himself in motion, and, on the 6th, he was in possession of Montoro, Carpio, and Bugalenca, without meetillg with any of the insurgents. lie, however, reeelv4,d„ intelligence from a messenger that lie sent to Aka lea, a small distance from Cordova, that.the insur gents were there in great force, and that it was their intention to dispute his pssage over the gpaal ! quivir. " The bridge of Alcolea is very long and diffi , milt of access, and was defended by a tote-du-po n e, by batteries placed upon a neighbouring height, and by infiTtry, which kept up a very brisk fire from both shores of the river. The first attack was made on the 7th, at the break of day, It was remarked that the bridge was not broken ; an inknediate attack 01erefore ordered - to be made on the entrench ments, which were defended by very deep ditches. The tete-du-pont, the bridge, and the village of Al colea, were carried in a few' minutes. The insur gents fled in the.greatest disorder, leaving their can. me; and a ; number of killed' and wounded wonderfulheltind. " Those who escaped from Alcolea, retreated to Cordova, without endeavouring to defend the camp which, the insurgents had pit c hed before the place, and where arms were found of the most and extraordinary make, besides pikes and English arms, The light corps having arrived bet oreCordova, the General summoned the Corregidor to- attend him, and sent the Prior of a Cloister to admonish, him to make no resistance, but to accept of the - grace offered them by the French. These measures pros... ed fruitless, as the insurgents were 15,000 i n au t 4 .., ber, and .about 2000 regular troops began to fire on ail sides. The French cannon then beginning to fire, a breach Was made in the gates, and t h e p l ace was entered by force. The advantages of this day were complete : the enemy lost a number of men, and tranquillity was restored to Cordova. • On the 19th Capt. BASE was sent with a co lumn of 9QO infantry, 100 cavalry, and. artillery, to fetch proyisions from Jaen. He was preceded - ti'3''r two flags of truce, upon whom the insurgents 'flied ; on the foll ow i ng morn i ng h e ma de an attack upon the entr enc h e d c a mp , t h e s trong oastle,-and the. town. This attack was vigorous; all positions were forced. l'he insurgents -bad <4OO killed and 500 wounded.. The column lost scarcely five men. " In the mean white two divisions of smugglers,, making about 300 Q men, had approached Sierra Mo rena, and ipterrupted the communicat►on with Ma drid. The Duke of RoviGo, who had taken the command in the room of the Grand Duke of BERG, dispatched Gen. VEDEL with his division, and that of Geri- GOZERT.. ("Gen. \TIMM, arrived in the defiles of Pens Pin nor on Ihe 26th. To see the .enemy, to attack him, .to overcome him, and put him to flight, was only the work of a moment. The insurgents lost goo men, their artillery, together with their ammunition and Provisions.• We had two killed and ten wound ed. Thus the junction of Oen. VEDEL with Gen. DoPorrr was effeeled. Gen. DUPONT placed Gen. VEDEL at Baylenend Gem GOBERT at Carolina. 'c With his first division he took possession of Andujar, where he formed . a fete-du-posit on .the Guadalquivir : another tete-du-pont was fortned,near, the village of Menjibar, on the road from Jaen x. Agy Bdylen. • " To preserve the post of Jaen was an object of importance, because this was nearer to the line of communication than that of Andujar : of course . the latter might be' maintained even when .the enemy should be in, possession of Jaen. Brigadier-General CASSAGNE was dispatched to Jaen : he had . been with the advanced guard in several engagements, in which he had,been constantly victorious. " The situation of,General DUPONT, whickihist., at first cccasioned some uneasiness, was no longltr so.• after he had thus been reinforced, and while; there. wii4 a day's march between himand the'enemy.in the defiles of Sierra Morena. He had a greater' forCe under him than was necessary, if not for sub= jugating the whole province, at least quite sufficient for preserving it from surprise. " " Such was the situation of affairs about the 20th, of July, the period of the arrival of the King art Spin ; 'far and wide was the dispersion of the in surgents ; checked, subdued, or disarmpd; they had not , been able to carry any attempt of import:thee into etre& o ,‘f The preparations for the siege of Saragossa were f ursue with ativity . The artillery necessary forthat !. purpose had arrived from Bflyonne and Pampeluna• The insurgents made a sortie on the 23d from Sara gossa, to attack the troops posted on the left bank of the Ebro. 'The third battalion of the Volunteers of Arragon, forming the flower of these insurgents, be gan their march on the 30th, in order to force their way into Saragossa. The insurgents were defeated with great loss in all their sorties, and were generally pursued under the walls. On the 16th of August, about break of day, 3 I prys!' being made, the storming of the place com menced. The gates of San en 'Grad.° and Carmel : ,were ; surprised and carried. Alter obstinate fight which- lasted several days, fourteen cloisters, which had been fortified, three-fourths of the city, the arsenal, and all the magaines, were in our pos session.. The peaceable inhabitants, encouraged by the advantages of the French, hokted a white flag, 4nd coming forward to offer terms of capitulation to the French, were murdered hv the insurgents, at whose head Monks were seen ;I ling as Captains and Colonels : a great nt::mber of these wretches were billed ; the unfortunate City, of Saragossa 'is almoSt ruined through tire, the busn'as, and tilt explosi O4 of the mines. " in the meanwhile, alrnot all the Spanish troop of the line in Gallicia and Andalusia had taken part with the im..agents. The troops of the line at Ma drid, St. Sebastian, Barcelona, &c. &c. left those places to join them. ' The French having come into Spain as friends, and acing in concert with the Ministers, the Conn" oils, and the principal Burghers, were unwilling to disarm the Spanish troops, and for 'a long time re.. , strained themselves from any kind,of hostilities; but the result has made, it appear how fatal this generqm sity - L lias provcd to the French. ' f° , ' We were very soon informed that a corps of 'O9O men, with 40 Pieces' of. cannon, were As "igiubled at Benevente, With whom there were some English Commissioners and Officers, besides all the Spanish prisoners that had been sent to Spain by the English government : these were known by the re 4 uniforms which they. were supplied with from London. " This army hegan its march as though it hai beep intended to 'proceed to Burgos. -- Marshal 44p1IEREs marched to tneet them with general .I'to,NroN's division of infantry, that of MERLE, Wit 4 General LASALLES' division of cav-alry, for;ning the whole a corps of 12,000 men. On the 14th, a day-break, he discovered the enemy covering a grea t e4tent of ground, and being in possession of to heights of Medina Del Rio Seco. ‘.. 4. As soon as the po4ition of the enemy w known, the Marshal formed the - resolution of attack-! ing their left.. General DARMAGNAC was the first that was engaged at the head of. his brigade• AC this moment the attack became general. goNTorro. ,General of Division, made himself master of the town of Medina del Rio Seco with the bayonet; Generals LASALLES, DUCOS, and SABATTIER, he on their troop, with the cry of Long repa_the peror !' All the positions were carried, the enemy attacked with i the bayonet,. and the whole of their artillery, consisting of forty piece.; of cannon, W O5 taken,•and the whole army of the insurgents thrown into the greatest contusion. Six thousand, men wed made prisoners'; upwards of 10,000 were left 01 the field of battle; the whole of .their tiaggage and ammunition fell into our hands; a number of stiPe: rior ,Officers were killed: The. 10th and the `- , T II L regiment of Chasseurs, and all the troops in gep s era l / were covered with glory. Colonel PIETON, an 0 f; ficer of distinguished merit, is killed ; - Genera l DA:ttrAqNAc is slightly wounded, together with. the Yrovisory Major Commandant cif the 13th regiment; The Adjutant-Commandant,GITtLLEMINOT, Cbie of Marshal BESSIF:REs'S Statf, displayed - great 4ddress and activity. The Marshal had not more than 3 04 men killed and wounded in this Affair. enemy tied to Benevento in disorder, where they scarcely remained a moment, but re treated from thence to I..abenara; Astorga, Leon. At Vile Pardo he left behind him 507 pounds of powder and 100,000 cartridge.. The Ctiglish Colonel, whO atled as Commissioner wit" th4lSpanish army, retreated to Lugo before the bat' fie .c9mmeneecl. ` . ‘ e- Marshal AE SS I ERES , pursuing- the enemy, ar! .. 6i:r ed at Benevente on • the 19th, 'where he found 1.0,0.00, muskets, 26,000 pounds of powder, and 2011,000 cartridges, which the insurgents had left behind them, in consequence of their precipitate flight. He received a letter of submission from the. inhabitants of Zam6ra ; and on the iwtti, the daX, following, he entered that city, from whence he, proceeded to Majorga, where he was informed that General CUESTA, who had passed through Le° with scarcely five hundred cavalry, had orderecl r '''' fugitives to rally. Arriving at Majorga, a Deputa' tion from Leon presented themselves to him. Ge n '. CUESTA had. left that city, where '12,000 new mus h kets, a number of pistols and sabres, with five piece° of cannon, remained. " Marshal BEASIERES entered Leon on the 26til• The Bishop came two maps out of that city to me ! him, and the Members of the Government receive' the army on the outside of the gates, assuring tb d Marshal of the submission of the inhabitants, an praying for the generosity of the Conqueror in be" half of the city and province of Leon. By mean s iohhis important conquest, the provinces of Leo" , 'Palencia, Valladolid, Zamora, and Salamanca, wer e subjugated and disainied, and the communicatio n with Portugal opened and secured. ' " All these events, conneEted with the arrival of the KING at Madrid, seemed to portend a most fa , ' vourable issue to the affairs of Spain, when general DUPONT, after a succession of disasters, which We cannot account for, had the inexpressible misfortune of having his communication cut off w,ith Madrid ;. and what was still worse, to be himself s eparated iron two-thirds of his force, being at that time . 1% rriti4i distant from his usual point of corriniLinic 4- tignvand lastly, on the Igth of July, being corn' riled to give battle with only one-third of .his arrnY i : In a disadvantageous position, after a forced' ajar" during the night, without any opportunity for resting his troops. • S tL thi th! tic w 1 im hi? cat at tri4 a on, m r a bac viil DC Fc by